But I have to believe that when you started in politics you gave a crud. Okay, maybe not Alan Grayson, but I don’t think you intend to do us harm. I think you were genuinely trying to do us good, and your failures are not the result of genuine malice. You entered politics believing it could be a noble calling, right?

But the cold fact is a lot of you are about to lose your jobs. It can’t be helped. And in the process many of you are giving away your dignity.

I mean not Alan Grayson. Best I can tell he never had any to start. But let me give you an example.

Ron Klein (D-kleining), in Florida’s 22nd District denounced Alan West for allegedly associating with certain specific persons that Klein characterized as thugs. Only one small problem. Klein had associated with those exact same persons. Also the DCCC put out a print ad about the scary black man West, which also turned out to be complete crap.

This is a major update, and retraction of the post that was at this address. The original post said that the AP/MSNBC incorrectly stated that early voting boded well for the Democrats. I originally saw where the officially termed “early voting” didn’t start yet, in Maryland and had fun with those news organizations based on that. As pointed out by several commenters and actually a representative of the AP, the term “early voting” could be interpreted to include absentee ballots. While still technically incorrect, and I encourage the AP and MSNBC to correct that technicality, in substance the story is correct (at least to the extent I know). In all frankness, I wouldn’t have written this post if that possibility had occurred to me.

What can I say? We are all human, and after the screw up the other day I was probably too eager to believe that the AP did it again. I apologize sincerely to the AP and MSNBC and I thank those who corrected me for doing so.

And for the sake of openness, the text of the original post will follow after the break.